EA Talks

Amy speaks to the value about prioritizing 1 on 1 meetings, her excitement about the growth of the effective altruism community and EA Global conferences, and announces that community events grants were approved for EAGx Mexico and EAGx India.Will takes a short trip down memory lane, covers how to make the most out of EA Global conferences, encourages being ambitious and thinking of the the incredible opportunity to do good in the world as an enormous responsibility, covers some risks to EA culture, and provides examples of highly successful projects in the effective altruism space.Learn more about effective altruism at: www.effectivealtruism.orgFind out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.orgThis talk was taken from EA Global: London 2022. Click here to watch the talk with the PowerPoint presentation.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Addressing aquatic animal welfare is important, as it is highly neglected, and tractable. Estimates vary, but there are approximately 100 billion fin fish and 350-400 billion shrimps farmed annually, which is far more than all of the land animals combined (more than 7x as many at the upper estimation). For the most part, farmed aquatic animals are treated like inanimate objects - their suffering is almost unimaginable.This session covers why aquatic animal welfare is critical to address, and some of the priority interventions that can alleviate vast amounts of suffering.Learn more about effective altruism at: www.effectivealtruism.orgFind out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.orgThis talk was taken from EA Global: London 2022. Click here to watch the talk with the PowerPoint presentation.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Andy Weber presents on his experiences around weapons and materials of mass destruction, followed by a fireside chat and Q&A session with Kit Harris.Find out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.orgThis talk was taken from EA Global: London 2022. Click here to watch the talk with the PowerPoint presentation.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Lessons from the pandemic on how to present big ideas and complex data to the public.Edouard Mathieu presents on the lessons of data communication in the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a fireside chat with Hannah Ritchie and a Q&A on Our World in Data discussing how it fits with the effective altruism framework.This talk was taken from EA Global: London 2022. Click here to watch the talk with the video.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

A lot of new projects have started over the last few years. Sometimes they fold, sometimes they continue quietly, and sometimes they do something really exciting. Looking ahead, we’re going to need a variety of new projects starting. But how can we identify good new projects — as potential founders, employees, or funders? How much should one pay attention to theory of change vs people?This talk was taken from EA Global: London 2022. Click here to watch the talk with the video.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Joey argues that starting an evidence-based charity may be an exceptionally impactful career path. His organisation, Charity Entrepreneurship, has extensive experience training, funding and supporting successful founders. Joey profiles what it takes to succeed and how these traits are not what you might assume.Joey then answers questions from the audience alongside Nikita Patel, the Co-founder & CEO of Fortify Health.This talk was taken from EA Global: London 2021. Click here to watch the talk with the PowerPoint presentation.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Humanity’s survival is at increasing risk of a global catastrophic nuclear event because the dominant strategy for preventing the use of nuclear weapons has not adapted to today’s threats. This talk with Joan Rohlfing and Carl Robichaud explores pathways to a better, safer nuclear future, one where humanity’s existence and flourishing no longer hangs in the balance, and one that relies on an effective system for managing nuclear technology into the long future – a new nuclear paradigm -- that can’t cause a civilizational catastrophe if it fails.  Finally, it makes the case for why the EA community should prioritize reducing global catastrophic nuclear risks and describes how it can contribute to safeguarding the long-term future.This talk was taken from EA Global: London 2021. Click here to watch the talk with the PowerPoint presentation.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

William MacAskill is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at Oxford University and a senior research fellow at the Global Priorities Institute. He is also the director of the Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research and co-founder and President of the Centre for Effective Altruism. He is also the author of Doing Good Better and Moral Uncertainty, and has an upcoming book on longtermism called What We Owe The Future.This talk was taken from EA Global: London 2021. Click here to watch the talk with the video.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Is effective altruism growing? How are efforts allocated across causes? And what does this imply about the movement’s priorities? Benjamin Todd summarises some research into how the landscape has changed, including dramatic changes to the funding situation, and suggests what this might mean for the community.See a transcript: https://80000hours.org/2021/11/growth...This talk was taken from EA Global: London 2021. Click here to watch the talk with the PowerPoint presentation.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

What career strategy should you follow if you’re aiming for impact? Holden Karnofsky recently wrote up his perspective on career choice for longtermists on the EA forum - focusing on building aptitudes. Habiba will run through that framework and highlight some things she personally thinks are useful and some reservations she has.This talk was taken from EA Global: London 2021. Click here to watch the talk with the PowerPoint presentation.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.